village blues
Nu Ark Experiements presents: village blues
an improvisational cinematic collaborative
produced by e.g. bailey and Ayesha Adu
music produced by Jeremy Ylvisaker & Kitundu
“Amma I have lost another child.
Amma my child is gone…”
Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Avenue South
Mpls, MN 55408
612.871.4444
http://www.IntermediaArts.org
7:00pm
Tuesday 23 February
village blues, an experimental improvisational film that deals with the disintegration of interpersonal and social relationships within the Black community. The nature of the improvisation is centered around three poems written by e.g. bailey, and serves as the common link within the process between the artists involved. The images are based on the poems, as is the soundtrack. However, each was done separately. Ayesha produced and shot the images, while e.g. produced the audio––neither was allowed to see the other’s work. Both elements of the film would then be brought together at the moment of presentation, hence the improvisational aspect of the film. Often in improvisation there is a common structure or theme, or a musical line, upon which everyone improvises. The goal was to bring this method to filmmaking and explore the possibilities. And further explore the relationship between spoken word and filmmaking.
Artists Include:
Ayesha Adu
e.g. bailey
Rachel Flomo
Kitundu
Mankwe Ndosi
Leah Nelson
J. Otis Powell!
Truthmaze
Jeremy Ylvisaker
evening will begin with 20 minute open mic
a post-film discussion will follow
$3 suggested donation
“even in death,
there is birth”
This series is supported by a grant provided by the MN State Arts Board through an appropriation from the MN State Legislature. In addition, this activity is supported in part by a grant from the NEA.
Co-sponsored by SASE: The Write Place, Intermedia Arts, KFAI Fresh Air Radio, KMOJ, the Powderhorn Writers Festival, Da X-Factor Newz and KFAI’s Write On RaDio! (Thursdays @ 11am).
Nu Ark Experiment: Wordshop: Shouting into the Storm
Poets! have you ever wanted your words bathed in music, floating on a quarter note. Instrumentalists! have you ever conjured a melody while listening to a poet read. Then Space is the Place. Become a part of Wordshop: Shouting into the Storm, a workshop for musicians and word masters. Discover the joy and beauty of spoken word. e. g. bailey and members of Arkology will conduct a workshop seeking to explore ways of uniting words (spoken, sung, written or shouted) and music of all kinds. Participants will learn the process of creating spoken word pieces and explore with other musicians and poets how to find spaces of their words and sounds. The workshop will also include exercises in improvisation.
The workshop will take place on October 10th from 1-4pm at the West Bank School of Music located at 1813 South 6th Street Mpls. Call 822-2500 to register or for more information.
Workshop participants will have the opportunity to share their discoveries at the Nu Ark Experiments performance (Postmodern) Work Songs on Oct. 20th at Gingko’s Coffeehouse.
This workshop emerges out of the Nu Ark Experiments a series of spoken word performances aimed at showcasing the different ways spoken word can be presented. The series includes experiments with performance art, with improvisation, with film, with non-structural music and with visual arts.
Future performances include (Postmodern) Work Songs on Oct. 20th at Gingko’s Coffeehouse. And Side B, a collaboration with sound sculptor and visual artist Kitundu at Intermedia Arts on Nov. 17th.
This series is supported by a grant provided by the MN State Arts Board through an appropriation from the MN State Legislature. In addition, this activity is supported in part by a grant from the NEA.
And is co-sponsored by SASE: The Write Place, Intermedia Arts, KFAI Fresh Air Radio, KMOJ, the Powderhorn Writers Festival, Da X-Factor Newz and KFAI’s Write On RaDio! (Thursdays @ 11am). Call 288-9491 for more information.
Nu Ark Experiment: Under Sky Open House
Come experience the Nu Ark Experiments. Join e. g. bailey and members of Arkology for the fourth installment of the Nu Ark Experiments: Under Sky Open House on September 15th at the Powderhorn Park at 7:00pm. The performance will focus on the concept of community and will include poets from the Powderhorn Writers Festival, Roy McBride and Amy Ballestad, and guest musician Yolanda Jackson.
Powderhorn Park is located at E 34th Street and 15th Avenue South in South Minneapolis.
The Nu Ark Experiments is a series of spoken word performances aimed at showcasing the different ways spoken word can be presented. The series includes experiments with performance art, with improvisation, with film, with non-structural music and with visual arts.
Future performances include Wordshop: Shouting into the Storm, a workshop for poets and musicians, at the West Bank School of Music on Oct. 10th. (Postmodern) Work Songs on Oct. 20th at Gingko’s Coffeehouse. And Side B, a collaboration with sound sculptor and visual artist Kitundu at Intermedia Arts on Nov. 17th.
This series is supported by a grant provided by the MN State Arts Board through an appropriation from the MN State Legislature. In addition, this activity is supported in part by a grant from the NEA.
And is co-sponsored by SASE: The Write Place, Intermedia Arts, KFAI Fresh Air Radio, KMOJ, the Powderhorn Writers Festival, Da X-Factor Newz and KFAI’s Write On RaDio! (Thursdays @ 11am). Call 288-9491 for more information.
Nu Ark Experiment: (Postmodern) Work Songs
(Postmodern) Work Songs, a celebration of experimentation uniting song, poetry and music. e. g. bailey and members of Arkology along with community poets and musicians will share work developed at the Wordshop: Shouting into the Storm, a spoken word workshop for poets and musicians, at the West Bank School of Music. The performance emerges from the Nu Ark Experiments, a series of spoken word performances seeking to explore the ways of uniting words (spoken, sung, written or shouted) and music of all kinds in live, sometimes improvisational performance.
The performance will take place on October 20th at 7:30pm at Gingko’s Coffeehouse located at 721 Snelling Avenue in St. Paul. It will include guest poets and musicians from the Wordshop spoken word workshop.
The Nu Ark Experiments is a series of spoken word performances aimed at showcasing the different ways spoken word can be presented. The series includes experiments with performance art, with improvisation, with film, with non-structural music and with visual arts.
Future performances include Side B, a collaboration with sound sculptor and visual artist Kitundu, finding the spaces between spoken word and visual arts, at Intermedia Arts on Nov. 17th.
This series is supported by a grant provided by the MN State Arts Board through an appropriation from the MN State Legislature. In addition, this activity is supported in part by a grant from the NEA.
And is co-sponsored by SASE: The Write Place, Intermedia Arts, KFAI Fresh Air Radio, KMOJ, the Powderhorn Writers Festival, Da X-Factor Newz and KFAI’s Write On RaDio! (Thursdays @ 11am). Call 288-9491 for more information.
Nu Ark Experiments
The Nu Ark Experiments is a series exploring the creation and presentation of spoken word, the art of combining poetry with music. The goal of the series is to create a reflective, improvisational performance structure by melding music and spoken word. It is to create a synthesis based on the idea of the jazz ensemble and create a multi-sensory experience with several elements coalescing at once.
The series will also explore the intersections between other art forms and spoken word, i.e. visual arts, film, performance theatre. And will aim at working with non-profit and grassroots orginzations to cultivate interaction and community building. We hope to build stronger relationships between musicians and poets, and among the growing Twin Cities spoken word community. To achieve this, performances will occur at different venues, including sites traditionally reserved for either music or poetry, but not necessarily both.
The series will involve ten performances and two workshops. The ten performances will be a public form to test the growth and accessibility of this style, while the workshops will instruct participants on combining the elements of live music and spoken word, and allow practical experimentation by bringing in experienced musicians.
The series is a produced by e. g. bailey and two organizations, Intermedia Arts and SASE, The Write Place. Intermedia Arts is an arts organization, known for its commitment to new art and multi-disciplinary projects, its involvement with arts in the community, as well as its support of projects that are specifically by artists of color. SASE is a more grassroots organization focused on connecting with writers where they are in their communities, through a reading series in coffeehouses and art spaces, and grants.
The series involves artists from the spoken word and music collective, Arkology. Arkology has been creating spoken word performances for the past year, at a number of venues in the Twin Cities, including Groove Garden, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the University of MN, Phyliss Wheatley Community Center and the Walker Art Center. And they recently open for Roy Ayers at the Hyatt Regency.
There will also be collaborations with local artists and musicians, including Kitundu, painter and dj; Truthmaze, poet and producer; and Rajiah Johnson, musician.
The goal of the Nu Ark Experiments is to allow the community to experience spoken word in new and vital ways. To experience the power and force that poetry can affect in their lives.
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